Vampire Frogs - 41 pictures

Advanced Photoshop Contest - 41 entries

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Started: 1/10/2011 11:20

Ended: 1/13/2011 17:00

Level: advanced

Entries: 41

Jackpot:

$5

$3

$2

$1

Contest Directions:
The new "vampire flying frog" species has been discovered in southern Vietnamese cloud forests.
The frog lives on trees and can't really fly - rather it jumps from tree to tree. Neither does it suck blood, but it didn't stop scientists from calling it vampire flying frog (Latin - Rhacophorus vampyrus). The frog owns its bloodsucking moniker to its tadpole which sports the black fangs. Scientists are yet unsure what these fangs are used for, some suggest that they are useful in hunting and fighting with the frog's natural predators.
Take any frogs and photoshop them into vampires any way you wish.

LOL It takes quite a bit of work and skill to build a creature out of body parts, huh? Some people think that comes easy but it's one of the harder chopping skills. Congrads, Pree, if I had a wart I might ask her out on a date LOL

Congrats on the win, it's one heck of a good chop.

I don't like so much this chop, sorry, but mine is just an opinion..however congrats for your gold position

Congrats on the win, Pree! You keep amazing us with your critter creations!

Superb art here. The blind eyes scare me a bit here, I would try some yellow or red eyes here with a black pupil

I did try those variations, Newsey. But nothing worked as well as the Funkwood Signature "Deadeye" There is just something terribly creepy about blind creatures that are predators. That is about as badassistic as it comes.

Wicked work Wise one, Congrats on the Silver!!

When I was a wee lad, my mother, divorced as she was, took me to a blind man for dicipline when I became too unruly. I was put in a room, sparcely furnished with few places to hide. The belt he held and his deeply cragged, gray hide only amped up my horror. No matter where I turned those milky dead, useless eyes seemed to track me. I wasn't aware it was my breathing that gave my positions away. At 5 years old, you don't think of these simple things. No, you are convinced that the decaying old beast that smelled of stale cigarettes and sweat has supernatural powers. It was the azz-whooping of my lifetime.Yeah, mom was a bit of a nutcase.But she came around. The last and final time she tried to take me there I jumped out of the car window once I realized where she was taking me. LOLThe car was only going about 20 MPH and I was only slightly damaged. Circa 1958 or 9Thanks for the votes, guys.Don't let anybody tell ya Hitspinner ain't real.Cheers

Beautiful work on the frog, loved it. Congrats on one he?? of a chop.

congrats hits,, and i see where you get your passion from

DEFINITELY should have finished in a higher position.. what do people vote on here?

Well that sure is kind, Geneg but 2nd is pretty high and a decent feat considering the competition. A lot of folks put on their A+++ game in this one. Was a really inspiring contest idea I thought. That gold cup is pretty ellusive and seems even more so since I realized I only need a few more to get into the top 10%. Ever since I set that goal I went from a gold cup every 8-10 entries to like every 25 entries. hahahaha Then HoHouse remindes me it could be worse hahahahahah

"Congrats on your silver Gong HS, well done you old bugger, go grab a beer on me!" LOL!

This contest is fueled by the following news: Debates on vampires in the 18th century:
A serious panic concerning vampires existed in the18th century in Eastern Europe. Even government officials were involved to hunt vampires.
The whole thing started with an outburst of complaints regarding vampire attacks in East Prussia in 1721 and in Habsburg Monarch during the period 1725 - 1734. Two well-known (for the first time fully documented by the authorities) cases of Peter Plogojowitz and Arnold Paole from Serbia. According to reports, Plogojowitz died at the age of 62 but returned to life a couple of times after his death begging food from his son. The son refused and was found murdered the next day. Soon, Plogojowitz returned and attacked some of the neighbors, who died due to loss of blood.
In another popular case, Arnold Paole, a former soldier, who became a farmer, who was supposedly attacked by a vampire several years ago, died during haymowing. After his death, people started dying and everybody was of opinion that Arnold Paole hunted his neighbors.
These two incidents were very well documented. The government personnel studied the cases and corpses, described them in their reports and books were published only after the Arnold Paole's case and circulated around Europe. An entire generation was involved in debates over the incidents. The issue was aggravated by rural epidemics about so called vampire attacks and local residents started digging the graves. Many scientists stated that vampires do not exist and cited on rabies and premature burials. Nevertheless, Antoine Augustine Calmet, respected French theologian and scholar, collected all the information and in 1746, he published the information in his treatise, in which, he did not confirm the existence of vampires, but at least admitted in the existence of something. He collected information on vampire incidents and numerous readers, including the Voltaire, who was against the existence, and demonologists, supporting Voltaire, received the treatise as affirmation that vampires exist. According to some modern studies and judging by the second edition of the work in 1751, Kalme was somewhat skeptical on the vampires issue. He admitted that some parts of the reports, for instance, preserving the corpses, could be true. Whatever be the personal convictions of Kalme, his clear support for the belief in vampires had considerable influence on other scientists.
In the end, Austrian Empress Maria Theresa sent her personal doctor, Gerhard van Swieten, to investigate the matter. He concluded that vampires do not exist and the Empress passed a rule, prohibiting opening graves and the desecration of bodies. This was the end of the vampire epidemics. Although, by this time, many knew about vampires and soon the authors borrowed and adapted the idea of vampires, making it popular amongst the majority of the population.
New England:
In the 18th and 19th centuries, rumors about vampires not only reached the ears of the king of England, but also spread to New England, particularly Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut. In these areas, many documented cases were found, where the family dug up the graves of beloved family members and removed the hearts from corpses, believing that the deceased was a vampire, who was responsible for the illness and death in the family (although the word "vampire" was never used to describe it). It was believed that night visits of people, who died of TB (or "consumption" as it was called during those days) to his family members became the reason for the illness with this disease. The most famous (and latest recorded) case was of 19 yr old Mercy Brown, who died in Exeter, Rhode Island in 1892. Her father, assisted by a family doctor, took her corpse from the grave two months after her death. Her heart was cut out and burned to ashes. Mention of this case was found among the papers of Bram Stoker and the story has a close resemblance to the events in his classic novel "Dracula".